It seems like I’ve been waiting for weeks to announce the winner to my little corner of the 50 Books in 50 Days Contest, but the day has finally arrived! The winner is… TRACI Traci, please email me your snail mail address and we’ll see about getting your book out to you. Congratulations! Thanks everyone for entering! Good luck in… Read more
I got some terrific new books in this week! I’ve actually had to put a hold on requesting any new ARCs – due a overwhelming number of great offers, my To Be Read shelf is a little out of control. These may be the last for a while: Guernica by Dave Boling Shadow of Colossus by T.L. Higley Blue Genes… Read more
Today’s question from The Boston Bibliophile: Who are your LibraryThing authors? What books of theirs do you have? Do you ever comment on an author’s LT page? Have you received any comments from an author on your LT account? Wow, I have quite a few authors on my list! They are: Susie BrightDavid EbershoffJ.F. EnglertJoe HillEmmett JamesRichard MontanariPenelope PrzekopCaroline Comfort… Read more
And now it’s time for another exciting episode of Teaser Tuesdays! You know how this works – post a couple of interesting lines from your current book. This week, I’m reading The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti, which is officially released today. Very, very good so far and I hope to have a review posted later this week. In the… Read more
City of Refuge is the story of two families in New Orleans, their love of the city and its culture, and the wrenching decisions they have to make in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. I am advising my dear friends in New Orleans not to read this book; for them, the pain is too close to the surface and some… Read more
Just a reminder that time is running out to enter my portion of the 50 Books in 50 Days Contest! Win a signed copy of Joy Nash’s latest entry in The Immortals series. Click here to register. Read more
From The Boston Bibliophile: do you have friends in real life that you met through LibraryThing? Have you attended any LT meet-ups in your area? Would you be open to attending meet-ups or is LT strictly an online thing for you? I have made some of my very best friends in the world on-line. I was maid of honor in… Read more
Welcome to another episode of Teaser Tuesdays! In this exciting edition, S.J. ponders the subtleties of communication in New Orleans The speech patterns in certain New Orleans neighborhoods approach the complexity of Chinese in the shades of meaning that can be extracted from the tiniest gradations of inflection and timing. Sometimes these gradations can mean the difference between life and… Read more
Harry Sullivan reads renovations the way a fortune teller reads tea leaves: he can predict the course of your marriage by the tiles you’ve chosen for the master bath. At the end of a project, when he has been part of your family and had access to your most intimate spaces, he knows more about you than anyone else. In… Read more
This has been an excellent week for new books! I haven’t posted about my good fortune in a while, so here’s what’s new on Mount ToBeRead: City of Refuge by Tom Piazza: A breathtaking novel of two families, one white and one black, whose lives are torn apart by Hurricane Katrina and then pieced back together again in ways they… Read more